ABSTRACT
Urinary tract infection [UTI] forms the largest single group of hospital-acquired infection and account for about 40-50% of the total nosocomial infections. Present study indicates that there is a high prevalence of multidrug resistant E. coli in UTI. Purpose of this study was to find out the occurrence of multidrug resistance among the Escherichia coli, which is the causative agent in more than 80% of urinary tract infection. In this study, 100 isolates were taken from UTI patients and their susceptibility pattern was studied. Minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC] of 11 antibiotics was studied using agar dilution method. The isolates were highly susceptible against imipenem i.e. 91% and were least susceptible to ampicillin and tetracycline. The resistance against ciprofloxacin was also very high i.e. 85%. ESBL production among these E.coli isolates was checked by combination disc method and about 54% isolates were found to be ESBL producers. So our result indicates the fact that the physicians should be aware of this increasing resistance among our local clinical isolates and should change their therapy regime accordingly